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Liberal-minded folks have failed. We got so obsessed with presiding over the match that we came to see ourselves more as referees than as players on...
UniSuper’s John Pearce is rare in his willingness to sit back and watch the Firmus bandwagon roll past. His reticence shows courage and...
The “good” optics of domestic politicians eagerly courting Modi belie the harder realities of the India-Australia strategic and economic relationship.
The contest for the hearts and minds of a new Howard battler generation could be fought in the schools hardest hit by the government’s tax changes.
I might be fined for not telling the government what I earned last year. An AI firm can quietly get the nod for a gas power plant without so much as a...
Are we taking the warning signs seriously enough? Are we doing enough to protect Jewish life? Could history repeat itself?
In India as in Australia, the challenge is how best to balance democracy, citizenship, constitutional governance and minority rights to forge a...
Manufacturers should be careful what they wish for. Artificially flooding the market with cheap gas would ultimately leave them paying higher prices.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has all the permission he needs to shed his previous green credentials in the name of pragmatic statecraft.
Unless Labor finally gets serious about pro-productivity policies, its flawed stewardship of the economy will continue to exacerbate the grievances of...
It’s ironic that Trump, who railed against the prospect of Biden regulating AI through some kind of favourite-playing licensing regime, has done...
The Indian prime minister’s visit to Australia comes as Beijing’s actions show why the region still holds together as a strategic idea.
Ideas that older voters know have long been discredited (“America first” among conservatives; socialism among progressives) can seem fresh and...
Media coverage and rhetoric about “natural partners” can gloss over a complicated reality: this relationship is building strategic trust despite...
Seoul has money to spare thanks to tax revenues from the semiconductor boom. How it uses this to tackle artificial intelligence-related youth...
A country serious about industrial policy cannot be casual about competitive steelmaking, and central to that is the price of gas.
The story of the Australian sharemarket is much more than one bad financial year.
A trio of bleak developments exposes the scale of the challenge confronting Labor as it tries to ease economic pressures driving voters towards One...
China firing a ballistic missile into the Pacific this week was not an isolated military event. It was strategic, and it was a message.
Beijing should be well aware that firing a weapon into the open ocean, thousands of kilometres from its mainland, is deeply provocative.
The new Federal Reserve chairman has articulated a desire to reframe the Fed’s strategic direction. That might mean less frequent policy adjustments...
It is no good for soccer, and it will be no good for the US team. They will now be pilloried by those who want games to be decided by players.
The new CGT system will bias retail investors heavily against risk-taking and will push investment towards low-risk assets such as owner-occupied...
The PM’s decision to take a more interventionist approach shapes as another example of the Labor government doing the unions’ bidding on workplace...
The prime minister’s conduct in a professional setting would very likely constitute sexual harassment and the aggrieved person could demand an...
Big companies across the world are now developing their own distinctive aromas, sometimes with lavish assistance. But do workers care that much?
The AI job apocalypse will cause a mass withdrawal of retirement savings, crashing equity prices on the scale of the global financial crisis, if not...
Efforts to wipe out corruption need to be systemic, grassroots-oriented and ruthless. Otherwise, the slime creeps back.
The lender has been punished for a horror downgrade that vindicated doubters. It now faces an existential crisis.
The prime minister blundered when he said he would shag Kylie Minogue, but he didn’t denigrate the office in which he sits.
Underwriting new gas in southern states instead of diverting LNG cargoes to domestic market would provide a cost-efficient solution to the core...
The opposition leaders in the two biggest states are grappling with internal conflicts that have become the political focus ahead of looming state...
A new book by journalists Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan is a must-read, not just for the perv value of being a fly on the wall of the Oval Office.
Amid the battle for customer savings, the Nuno Matos-led lender was an outlier among its main rivals, losing ground in market share for households.
In her tempestuous four-year term, the upper house MP has resembled English cricketer Geoff Boycott: playing for herself and not the team.
While Paris and Berlin sip espressos and debate the philosophical merits of “strategic autonomy”, other countries stare across the border at...
As the United States celebrates 250 years of independence, the current president could not be more different than George Washington and his vision for...
The country’s extraordinary history suggests it still holds the unique capacity to anchor the democratic world and recommit itself to responsible...
Brands no longer look only for reach, they seek something far more valuable: cultural authorities. People who can create conversations about memorable...
Hosting soccer’s global party is boosting American patriotism just as Trump’s narcissism is souring the 250th anniversary of America’s...
These professional politicians behave like parasites, sucking the life out of private enterprise. But the blood suckers should be careful what they...
The draft scheme uses a sledgehammer when government intervention in markets should be done with surgical instruments.
The US’ unique and quite phenomenal economic and political success has resulted from its own adaptations of the British inheritance, taking it in...
Anthony Albanese has always warned against punching down on the so-called wealthy. Does he still believe it?
Academic institutions should remain places of openness and collaboration. But it shouldn’t mean inadvertently emboldening countries that don’t...
A star manager’s exit from Perpetual for New York’s Millennium Management has exposed the brutal reality confronting Australia’s active fund managers.
The trial is grouping schools together under shared leadership, drawing on reforms that have transformed education in England.
It’s hard to justify such largesse when the British government is struggling to cover the state’s running costs.
Opposition Leader Jess Wilson’s chances of becoming premier may well come down to one rogue MP, Moira Deeming.
Treasury will now consult on its proposals. Heightened regulation brought upon the sector by bad actors at the two big four firms is the most likely...